“Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.”
“Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure.”
“Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.”
“Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.”
“There is no delight in owning anything unshared.”
“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.”
“What were once vices are the fashion of the day.”
“It is the superfluous things for which men sweat.”
“Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.”
“When ever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.”
“He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.”
“Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.”
“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.”
“The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.”
“A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.”
“Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.”
“He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.”
“But it is a pretty thing to see what money will do!”
“To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.”
“The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.”
“Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.”
“The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.”
“Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.”
“Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.”
“Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.”
“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”
“Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.”
“He is the most powerful who has himself, in his power.”
“The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.”
“We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.”